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THE BOOK OF THOMAS THE DOUBTER: Uncovering the Hidden Teachingsis a biblical, historical novel based on the Gospel of Thomas and Acts of Thomasuncovered among the ancient Nag Hammadi texts. The book depicts Thomascarrying out Jesus' secret teachings as a disciple and as an apostle in India. InIndia, there are sites and landmarks commemorating Thomas. Also in India arethe Thomas Christians (the Syrian Nasrani), affirming their founder as the discipleThomas.The Book of Thomas the DoubterUncovering the Hidden TeachingsOrder the complete book s/7947.html?s pdfor from your favorite neighborhoodor online bookstore.Your free excerpt appears below. Enjoy!

Thomas the DoubterThe Book of Thomas the Doubter:Uncovering the Hidden TeachingsSecond EditionA Novel by George Tyrrell1

George TyrrellCopyright 2015 George TyrrellHardcover ISBN: 978-1-63490-096-6Paperback ISBN: 978-1-63490-097-3All rights reserved. No part of this publication may bereproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in anyform or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording orotherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.Published by The Doubter's Guide.Printed on acid-free paper.The characters and events in this book are biblical andhistorical. Any similarity to current living persons iscoincidental and not intended by the author.The Doubter's Guide2015Second Edition2

Thomas the DoubterDedicationTo Rosanna & family with love3

George Tyrrell4

Thomas the DoubterAcknowledgementsI offer singular thanks to Patricia Deal for her diligent typingand corrections on the drafts of this book.Finally, I extend my gratitude to the scholars who interpretedthe hidden Nag Hammadi texts on which this book is based.Therein I give special acknowledgement to Carl Gustav Jungand Professor Gilles Quispel who helped with the earlyinterpretation and display of the texts (e.g. the Jung Codex).5

George TyrrellAnd there were many other things that Jesus did: were theywritten one by one, I suppose the world itself could not containthe books (John 21:25)14

Thomas the DoubterChapter 1The Master and the MysteryFinality! The clang of the cross-bolt locking my cell. Itsominous peal still rings in my ears as I try to write this.First I must numb myself to skittering sounds in darkcorners the stench or rotting flesh moans and insanecracklings echoing through stony chambers Cursed am I inthis dungeon of Hell!But I am composed now. For the Christ has consoled me.I will again attempt to write From this darkening cell I, Didymos Judas Thomas, writemy last testament to the followers of our Lord and Savior,Jesus the Christ. I compose this testimony to further record theunwritten teachings of Jesus as he explained them to mealone.For even now, many false teachings of the Christ arebeing proclaimed. I will also endeavor to log my struggles asJesus’ disciple and my acts as his apostle in strange lands,including this present land of mystery where I am now heldcaptive. I must write swiftly, for my candle burns low, and Iknow not what fate awaits me when morning comes I was born one of twins, the other died at birth. And itmay be a part of me died with him. For as a young man I was15

George Tyrrellalways a restless seeker, a Jew never content with the endlesslaws and rites of the Temple priests. And I was a man of smallpatience and little faith. So long as I could not experience orwitness what was claimed, I then could not believe.I can remember journeying home to Caesarea Philippiwithout hope or solace. For I had traveled to the cities ofDamascus and Decapolis to learn the mysteries of the Greeks,and to the desert of the Salt Sea to know the secrets of the HolyOnes. But I learned only of my own ignorance and lack ofdiscipline. I found any initiation offered me, too trying toendure. And what knowledge I did attain only made me moredoubtful of my faith.In need of work and sustenance I sto

THE BOOK OF THOMAS THE DOUBTER: Uncovering the Hidden Teachings is a biblical, historical novel based on the Gospel of Thomas and Acts of Thomas uncovered among the ancient Nag Hammadi texts. The book depicts Thomas carrying out Jesus' secret teachi

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